Begonia.] BEGONIACEAE. 545 



Capsule 2 -celled ; sepals of $ flowers 4, the outer larger : 



Stem succulent, rather stout; leaves up to 6 in. long, ovate, 

 unequally often not deeply cordate, nearly entire, acute; capsule- 

 wings 1 broad descending, 2 narrow ; stigmas twisted 



3. integrifolia. 



Stems very slender, scarcely (5 in. long; leaves small, mem- 

 branous : 



Capsule-wings subequal, triangular, ascending ; stigmas reni- 

 form, papillose; outer sepals of $ orbicular, broad; leaves 



unequally cordate, up to 2 in. in diam 4. crenata. 



Capsule-wings narrow, one much longer and broader than the 

 other 2, horizontal; stigmas 3-5-lobed, capitate; sepals of 

 J flowers obovate, narrow ; leaves equally cordate, about 



1 in. in diam 5. canarana. 



Placentas undivided : 



Stemless scapigerous herbs : 



Leaves peltate, reniform- orbicular, broader than long, entire, 

 ciliate; scape longer than the leaves; sepals of $ flowers 4, 

 outer slightly larger than inner; capsule-wings equal and 



equally broad ('2 in.), prominently reticulate 6. albo-coccinea. 



Leaves deeply cordate at base but not peltate : 



Leaves ovate, coarsely serrate, often lobed, acute, pilose, very 

 membranous ; scape slender, as long as the leaves ; sepals of 

 $ flowers 4, orbicular, inner narrow ; capsule-wings subequal, 



broader above (about *15 in.) and truncate 7. subpeltata. 



Leaves orbicular, broader than long, distinctly dentate, white- 

 tomentose beneath, thick ; scape elongate, many-flowered ; 

 sepals of $ flowers 2 only; capsule-wings subequal, broadest 



at the middle ('2 in.; ! 8. floccifera. 



Stems elongate, leaf -bearing ; leaves ovate, acute, serrate, sparsely 

 pubescent, membranous ; flowers large ; sepals of $ flowers 4, outer 

 much larger than the obovate inner, anthers long ; capsule at first 

 hispid, the wings subequal, ascending, broadest at top ('3-'4 in.) 



9. trichocarpa. 



Almost shrubby, the stems thick, jointed, leafy, the flowers on 

 axillary peduncles ; sepals in J and ? 2 only, orbicular ; leaves 

 very unequally ovate-cordate, acuminate, serrate ; capsule-wings 

 subequal, rounded or slightly angled near the top where broadest, 

 occasionally slightly acute at top 10. malabarica. 



1. BEGONIA PICTA, Sm. ; F. B. I. ii. 638. 

 N. Circars, hills of Ganjam (Gamble). 



